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Danubius Hotel Gellért is 100 years old

Monarchs, ecclesiastical leaders, international politicians, prominent statesmen, well-known scholars and world-renowned artists were often guests at this year's 100th Birthday Hotel in Gellért. Built in the elegant Art Nouveau style of early 20th century palace hotels, this hotel is still one of the most spectacular buildings of the capital and one of the most visited hotels in Budapest. His enthusiasm, among other things, is the breathtaking air of the twentieth century, livening the historical storms and spiritual flutter of the era, drawing a huge arch from the last Habsburg ruler to Oscar-winning Zsigmond Vilmos.

On September 24, 1918, on the day of Saint Gellert, Hotel Gellért Budapest was opened, which was only a month old in history, as it was used for military purposes during the "Revolutionary Revolution" and in October 1918, after Horthy became a headquarters. After the First World War, however, it found its "original role" and its lavish interior spaces, with its beautiful panoramic terraces, became the center of capital's business life. In the same time the hostel entered the gastronomy book. Since its inception, the hotel's restaurants have been rented out to the outstanding professionals of the capital. From 1927 on, none other than Károly Gundel was granted the rental rights. Its activity, which has been practiced for twenty years, was largely due to the fact that the Gellért Hotel became a part of the world's grand hotels and its prestigious events have been the subject of newspaper articles throughout Europe. As the hotel's history describes, Gellért has three famous dishes of Charles Gundel: the Rothermere, the bacon mushroom and the potters' calves of Pittsburgh.

During the construction of the Gellért Hotel - in 1918 - beside the elegant restaurants, a simpler summer tourists, and a restaurant serving residents in the winter, are also planned. The Gellérthegy-shaped restaurant - with its own outside entrance - was cheaper on the upstairs chic rooms and salons, and its supply is much simpler. The quality of the food, however, was certainly the same as it did not have a separate kitchen at all: the waiters came downstairs from the kitchen on the first floor. The orders were then made by the chefs of the hotel with the same ingredients and quality ", reads Gellert's story. Károly Gundel developed the brasserie as an attractive bourgeois restaurant, opening the terrace in front of the building. In the professional field of hospitality, there are also many interesting and innovative features for Gellert. Here he paid for the first time in the country of the guest's home currency, the first airport shuttle was first served here and there was a mini-bar here in the guest rooms. The Gellért Hotel Brasserie Restaurant first applied the Swiss dish service.

But what would be more of a hotel's popularity than the famous guests, in the history of Gellert so far, the hosts gave each other the door handle as - among other things - Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, Reza Pahlavi sah, King of Nepal, Dalai Lama Antony Quinn, Kirk Douglas, Marina Vladi, Jane Fonda, Pablo Casals, Igor and David Ojstrash, Arthur Rubinstein and endless celebrities. Two excellent Hungarian performers, Ida Turay and Antal Páger lived for months in the hotel, whose memories are kept by the suites named after them. As you have named rooms to thank Gellert for return visits to Ottos Habsburg, Richard Nixon, Yehudi Menuhin, Maximillian Shell, Andrew-Lloyd Webber and Vilmos Zsigmond.

The hotel still retains the tradition of hospitality inherited from the great predecessor Gundel Károly. The Hotel Panorama's restaurant not only offers beautiful views, but also offers excellent cuisine, and Sunday's family lunches at Gellert's leading chef are a social event. Gellert Brasserie & Brasserie's handmade beers and seasonal meals are offered by a young, creative team. In Gellért Café, coffee specialties, homemade cakes, cakes, and live piano music in the afternoon can be nostalgic. Since the last decade, the Danubius Hotel Gellert has been promoting new gastronomy in its unusual forms so far, when they open their gates to their own organizations with their creative events, and attracted Hungarian guests to thousands of gastronomy and culture annually with the famous Marton Wine Festival every year between the old walls.